Iggy Pop's stage diving days over

In what must have been an embarrassing knock to both himself and his ego, legendary punk icon Iggy Pop has sworn never to stage dive again following a recent New York audience who refused to catch him as he leapt into the crowd.

Pop was performing at the Tibet House US 20th Annual Benefit Concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall when the decided to perform his signature move, only to be left beaten and bruised with the audience parting ways for the flying rockstar.

"When I landed, it hurt, and I made a mental note that Carnegie Hall would be a good place for my last stage dive," Pop explained to WENN.com.  "The audience were just like, 'What are you doing?'"

Pop’s band the Stooges were recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.